Macadónach

Irish

Etymology

From An Mhacadóin (“Macedonia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Macadónach (genitive singular masculine Macadónaigh, genitive singular feminine Macadónaí, plural Macadónacha, not comparable)

1. Macedonian

Declension

Declension of Macadónach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Macadónach	Macadónach	Macadónacha
Vocative	Macadónaigh		Macadónacha
Genitive		Macadónaí	Macadónacha	Macadónach
Dative	Macadónach	Macadónach; Macadónaigh (archaic)	Macadónacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Related terms

• Iar-Phoblacht Iúgslavach na Macadóine f, Poblacht Iar-Iúgslavach na Macadóine f (“Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”)
• Macadóinis f (“Macedonian”) (language)

 

Noun

Macadónach m (genitive singular Macadónaigh, nominative plural Macadónaigh)

1. Macedonian

Declension

Declension of Macadónach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Macadónach Macadónaigh Vocative a Mhacadónaigh a Mhacadónacha Genitive Macadónaigh Macadónach Dative Macadónach Macadónaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Macadónach na Macadónaigh Genitive an Mhacadónaigh na Macadónach Dative leis an Macadónach don Mhacadónach leis na Macadónaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Macadónach	Mhacadónach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Macadónach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Macadónach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Macadónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024